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full text (with some personal details redacted) is available at [1].
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The proposal was successful, and has provides a further $634,590 to
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support the fantastic work being undertaken on Astropy. The Finance
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support the fantastic work being undertaken by the Astropy Project. The Finance
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Committee will arrange processes for disbursing the funds which are
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consistent with the goals of the proposal and based on the model we've
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adopted for assigning Moore funding over the past couple of years.
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This is a huge milestone for the project: it shows that we've
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successfully used the Moore funding to build a solid set of processes
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and a governance structure which enables us to obtain funding from more
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“traditional” academic sources. This is a great step towards ensuring
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“traditional” funding sources. This is a great step towards ensuring
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the financial viability of the project into the future.
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[1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/18JsTRahNWnvign6ao6BP_OkINHnP8g3n/view
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# Gemini contract
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The Science User Support Department at Gemini Observatory has funded
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Simon Conseil as an Astropy contractor to provide maintenance
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and development that benefits both the Astropy and DRAGONS projects on a
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part-time basis (averaging 5 hours per week over a period of a year or
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two). The details of the work are described in the statement of work [2].
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The Science User Support Department at Gemini Observatory has provided funding to the Astropy Project
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for maintenance and development work that benefits both the Astropy and DRAGONS projects. We've enlisted Simon Conseil as a part-time contractor (averaging 5 hours per week over a period of a year or
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two) to do this work. The details of the work are described in the statement of work [2].
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Having major facilities like Gemini invest in Astropy is another sign of
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both the critical role that the project plays in astronomical
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collaboration of data providers and data consumers”. [4]
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- Three project members hosted the “Astropy and NumFocus Sponsored
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Projects” booth in the Virtual Exhibit Hall at AAS 237, while also ran
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Projects” booth in the Virtual Exhibit Hall at AAS 237. Project members also provided
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two workshops: “Introduction to Astropy” and “Research with Astropy”. [5]
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- Similarly, three project members paricipated in AAS 238, again hosting

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